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The poem that captured Canada’s attention after a tragic shooting in tiny Portapique, Nova Scotia, in April 2020.


John Gallas The Extasie Carcanet Poetry, 29th April, pb, £12.99, 9781800170858 The 11th Carcanet collection from New Zealand poet John Gallas celebrates the journey of love following 2017’s The Little Sublime Comedy.


Rob Gee The Day My Head Exploded Burning Eye Books, 1st April, pb, £9.99, 9781913958008 Gee worked for 12 years as a mental health nurse before becoming a stand-up poet.


Dai George Karaoke King Seren, 14th June, pb, £9.99, 9781781726280 A sense of history shifting permeates this collection which confronts the challenges facing a generation of young adults battered by urgent issues—decolonisation, environmental crisis, how to pay the rent.


Matthew Gibson (ed), Neil Mann (ed) Yeats, Philosophy and the Occult Clemson University Press, 1st April, pb, eb, £29.95, 9781800859630 Collects seven new essays on aspects of Yeats’ thought and reading, from ancient and modern philosophy and cosmological doctrines, mysticism and esoteric thought.


Nikita Gill Where Hope Comes From Trapeze, 18th February, hb, £14.99, 9781398702769 Poems of resilience, healing and hope from Instagram sensation and voice of a generation.


Lorna Goodison Mother Muse Carcanet Poetry, 24th June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781800171060 New collection from the Poet Laureate of Jamaica.


Gracia M. Grindal Jesus the Harmony Fortress Press, 1st June, pb, £16.99, 9781506464558 Three hundred and sixty- six sonnets based on the life and ministry of Jesus to inspire meditation and reflection.


Jen Hadfield The Stone Age Picador, 18th March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781529037340


Lyrical and dramatic collection of poems centered around Shetland from the winner of the TS Eliot Prize.


Robert Hass Summer Snow Ecco Press, 18th February, pb, £10.99, 9780062950031 Major collection of new works from the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author, A new volume of poetry from Hass is always an event.


Brooks Haxton Mister Toebones Bantam Dell,, 23rd March, hb, £19.99, 9780593318522 Award-winning poet considers the shared habitat and intertwined fates of man and animal.


Cat Hepburn


Dating & Other Hobbies Burning Eye Books, 20th May, pb, £9.99, 9781913958046 Collection of female-centred poetry and short stories from spoken word artist behind #Girlhood.


Alice Hiller Bird of Winter Liverpool University Press / Pavilion Poetry, 1st April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781800348691 Working with her childhood and adolescent medical notes, Hiller creates a redemptive language to speak the darkness of being sexually abused by a family member.


Michael Hofmann Messing About in Boats Oxford University Press, 25th February, hb, eb, £30, 9780198848042 This volume studies four waterborne poems by Rainer Maria Rilke, Arthur Rimbaud, Eugenio Montale and Karen Solie that each study a different aspect of the ship.


Lauren Hollingsworth-Smith Ugly Bird New Poets List, 1st June, pamphlet, eb, £5, 9781912196586 Winner of the 2020 New Poets Prize. “Immediately and joyfully readable even at its darkest. Full of masterful juxtapositions, emotional swerves and perfect details”—Luke Kennard.


Lucy Holt Empathy Creature New Poets List, 1st June, pamphlet, eb, £6, 9781912196609 Another winner of the 2020 New Poets Prize. “A shrewd, clever


voice that draws fascination from unexpected quarters: eye-lash curlers, dual carriageways, real- life encounters with ‘Coronation Street’ actors”—Luke Kennard.


Rosalind Hudis Restorations Seren, 8th February, pb, £9.99, 9781781726082 Collection inspired by the art restorer’s keen eye and a vivid empathy for people and events.


Jamie Kathleen (ed), George Mackay Brown George Mackay Brown: Selected Poems Polygon, 4th February, pb, £12.99, 9781846975165 Seminal figure in Scottish poetry. This is the first new selection of his work for more than 25 years.


Victoria Kennefick Eat or We Both Starve Carcanet Poetry, 25th March, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781800170704 Daring first collection from an exciting young Irish poet tackles how to live with the past and not be consumed by it.


Brendan Kennelly (ed), Neil Astley (ed) The Heavy Bear Who Goes With Me Bloodaxe Books, 17th April, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781852244408 Ultimate reader’s companion to poetry: a selection of 100 classics from five centuries with lively “companion” commentaries illuminating each poem.


August Kleinzahler Snow Approaching on the Hudson Faber & Faber, 4th Febru- ary, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780571363339 Kleinzahler’s signature rhythmic propulsion serves as the engine for his newest collection and his always masterful free verse conveys a life thoroughly lived and brilliantly perceived.


Kristin LeMay 30-day Journey With Emily Dickinson Broadleaf Books, 9th February, hb, £12.99, 9781506464190 This journey provides the perfect way to enjoy the unique spirit and gorgeous language of Dickinson and engage with the thoughts of this strikingly gifted poet.


Stephen Lightbown


The Last Custodian Burning Eye Books, 24th June, pb, £9.99, 9781913958077 A paraplegic wakes to find he is the sole survivor of an unknown apocalypse.


Aoife Lyall Mother, Nature Bloodaxe Books, 25th February, pb, eb, £9.95, 9781780375182 Lyall’s début explores the tragic and tender experiences of pregnancy and early motherhood, from antenatal complications and the devastating pain of miscarriage to the joys of healthy delivery and infancy.


Amit Majmudar Godsong: A Verse Translation of the Bhagavad Gita With Commentary Random House, 9th March, pb, £10.99, 9780525435297 Now in paperback, a fresh, strikingly immediate and elegant verse translation of the classic with an introduction and helpful guides to each section by rising American poet Majmudar.


Adam Mansbach I Had a Brother Once Random House, 13th April, hb, £19.99, 9780593134795 Poignant and courageous epic poem about the suicide of Mansbach’s brother and a moving and insightful meditation on the mysteries of grief, loss and mortality.


Jasmine Mans Black Girl, Call Home Bantam Press, 11th March, pb, £12.99, 9780593197141 Using poetry to bring change to the world with positive agitation and hoping to prompt dialogue where there is fear, Mans explores the intersection of race, feminism and queerness.


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Micheline Maylor 37: The Bad Wife University of Alberta Press, 15th March, pb, eb, £15.99, 9781772125481 An intimate, first-hand account of how to ruin a marriage. This poetry collection is a story of divorce, love and what should have been, told in a brave, unflinching voice.


Michael McCarthy Like a Tree Cut Back Smith|Doorstop, 1st April, pb, eb, £9.95, 9781912196364


Weaves a memoir of McCarthy from his boyhood in rural Ireland, overshadowed by his brother’s death, to his studies at Carlow College and his journey to becoming ordained.


Michael McGregor, Ann Sansom (ed), Peter Sansom (ed) The Poets At Dove Cottage Smith|Doorstop, 1st July, pamphlet, eb, £7.50, 9781912196340 Celebrates the Wordsworth Trust’s legacy by showcasing poetry by Dove Cottage residents and visitors, including Coleridge, the Wordsworths, Simon Armitage, Carol Ann Duffy, Zaffar Kunial, Helen Mort and more.


Christopher Meredith Still Seren, 8th April, pb, £9.99, 9781781726143 Still uses traditional and innovative forms to artfully assay the many meanings of the word. Lively and thought-provoking, this is a beautifully crafted, humane and intelligent collection.


Alice Miller What Fire Liverpool University Press / Pavilion Poetry, 1st April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781800859623 Fierce, unflinching poetry that looks at the world and whether it is possible to change.


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Macmillan Collector’s Library Gaby Morgan (ed), John Glenday 289: My Heart’s in the Highlands Macmillan Collector’s Library, 13th May, hb, eb, £10.99, 9781529048742 Entertaining anthology which celebrates the best of classic Scottish poetry.


Alvaro Mutis, Dykstra Kristin (ed), Edith Grossman (tr), Alastair Reid (tr) Maqroll’s Prayer and Other Poems NYRB Poets, 22nd June, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781590178744 Peer to Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Octavio Paz, Alvaro Mutis is indisputably one of the greatest Latin American authors of the 20th century. Here is his best poetry.


Morgan Harper Nichols How Far You Have Come


K. ELTINAÉ


THE MORAL JUDGMENT OF BUTTERFLIES


ISBN: 978-1-913606-87-9 Price: 10.99 / Paperback / Summer


Winner of the 2019 International Beverly Prize for Literature. Eltinaé is a Sudanese poet of Nubian descent. His previous work has been translated into many languages, including Arabic and appears in World Lit- erature Today, The African American Review, Muftah, among others. He is the co-winner of the 2019 Dignity Not Detention Prize from Poetry International.


An intelligent and sincere depic- tion of issues regarding identity, society, and culture. Tradition can exist and be used to reach new territory, to find new voice and even new cultures. An important book of this decade.


POETRY


UCHE OGBUJI NCHÉFÙ ROAD


ISBN: 978-1-913606-93-0 Price: 10.99 / Paperback / Autumn


Nchéfù Road delights in words and in language. ‘Nchéfù’ is the igbo word for ‘amnesia, forgetfulness’, and the collection is both a remembrance of the narrator’s past, as far as memory allows it, and a coming to terms with a heritage marked by violence and displacement. He won The Christopher Smart Poetry Prize 2019.


...unexpected juxtapositions, unobtrusive humour, seductive sounds, musicality and line energy suggest the multiplicity of per- ception at work in this wonderful, exuberant collection.


— MEL PRYOR, poet and head judge


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